
Among her earliest English-speaking roles was Cordelia in a 2006 production of King Lear, starring and directed by Tom Badal. After eight months, she moved to Los Angeles, after being accepted with a full scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. In 2004, at the age of 17, Lavi moved to New York City, where she performed in various off-Broadway productions. She then studied acting at the Sophie Moskowitz School of Acting in Tel Aviv, Israel. Lavi studied ballet and modern dance at the Kiryat Sharet high school in Holon, Israel. Another of her role models was Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer. One of her early inspirations was the performance of Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman in Léon: The Professional. During that time, she watched movies, and "fell in love with cinema". As a child, she suffered from asthma and had to use a nebulizer for 45 minutes at a time. Lavi's mother has Moroccan origins while her father is of Polish descent. Lavi was born and raised in Ramat Gan, Israel to a Jewish family from Holon. Lavi starred in the 2017–2018 Bravo television series Imposters, and played Eve in the final three seasons of the Netflix series Lucifer.


She is known for portraying Raviva on the 2012 MTV series Underemployed, Vee on the 2014 Fox television series Gang Related, and Sheba on the Fox series Prison Break. Inbar Lavi ( Hebrew: ענבר לביא, born Octo) is an actress.
